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Mike Defee

There’s still time to purchase tickets to the Champagne & Ribs “Wide World of Sports” themed event on Thursday, April 20, and help the Gift of Life win the monumental battle with prostate cancer. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Ford Park (5115 Interstate 10 South) in Beaumont.

Fresh off winning a state championship with West Orange-Stark football, senior K.J. Miller was chosen as an Under Armour Preseason All-American baseball player after performing in front of scouts at the Pirate City Christmas Camp in Florida.

Miller will next attend a camp Jan. 13 in Arizona at the Chicago Cubs Spring Training Facility.

As an infielder, Miller hit .500 last year for the Mustang baseball team.

Not only are football referees in Southeast Texas saddened by Beau Hicks’ death, but football officials from all over the state are mourning the news. H.T. “Beau” Hicks Jr. passed away on Sunday, Aug. 24, at the age of 83.

While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us “that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas,” we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We’re of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.